Chapter 253
I just happened to see the leader of the fan: my heart was finally at peace, she was actually related to the Qin family!
"Boss?" Seeing that the leader's face was not right, Aji immediately shrank his neck and squeezed onto someone else's horse, acting like a quail the whole time and not daring to say a word.
Based on his rich experience, he knew that he should not stand out at this time. He should just hide in the crowd and wait to be scolded together afterwards. If he tried to stand out, he would definitely be beaten up and left aside, without even money for medicine.
"Is this your man?" After Bei Qiao held the man down, he showed the leader the man's face: "Oh, I forgot to ask just now, who are you from?" Although he might not know the answer even if he asked, he still had to go through the process, in case he needed it in the future?
Leader: "I am..."
"He's the man of County Lord Chen Yu. Erdong Chen means "Yu" (like jade). Jiang Fufu raised her hand and answered, "This County Lord... woo!"
"Did they ask you?" Zhuang Maidong covered Jiang Fufu's mouth and sighed: "They are here to embarrass me, why are you jumping out to provoke them? Don't provoke them in front of them!"
"Oh..." Bei Qiao nodded slowly, quickly going through the people he remembered in his mind, and then looked at the leader again: "I haven't told you yet, is this your man?"
"...Yes, that's very offensive..."
"Okay." Bei Qiao threw the person over with his backhand: "Then keep an eye on him, don't be so... heh."
Bei Qiao: I don’t mean to show off, I just don’t want to bother thinking of words.
Seeing Bei Qiao's casual attitude towards him, the leader thought he'd run into a tough opponent. He didn't react much until Bei Qiao jumped into the front compartment and got back into the carriage. Jiang Fufu, who was watching the show, felt a little disappointed: "Leaving now? No more chatting? Another beautiful woman to save the day?"
"Fufu!"
"Oh, I see. I was just saying it casually..." Jiang Fufu looked at Zhuang Maidong unwillingly and pulled her sleeve and shook it.
Zhuang Maidong was so annoyed by her coquettishness that he could only wave his hand to signal the captain of the escort team to take the convoy forward a distance, just to coax her. Unexpectedly, the leader did not stop them. Instead, he watched Zhuang Maidong's convoy pass in front of him with a very grim expression and then drove away.
Aji didn't want to be the first to speak, and no one in the team dared to say a word. Everyone looked at each other and made eye contact, but they didn't dare to communicate verbally. They just kept winking at Aji, who just pretended to be stupid and didn't respond.
"Wow, they actually stopped chasing us! I can't believe it, are the Qiao family so powerful?" Jiang Fufu leaned on the car window and looked back hard, with a look of surprise on her face.
"I thought you knew. It's not just the Qiao family's problem, the Qin family's as well." Zhuang Maidong looked ahead. "The Qin family has someone who can come to the capital to see the emperor." Ordinary people who wanted to file a complaint with the emperor would either rush to the capital and beat drums to protest their grievances, or find an official and hand over a petition written in blood. Officials of sufficient rank didn't have to go through that hassle; they could simply request an audience outside the imperial city or present their complaint during court.
"We've taken advantage of them... Should we catch up and say thank you?"
"Of course I do."
Zhuang Maidong ordered his guards to greet them, then had the convoy follow, traveling alongside Bei Qiao's carriage. Seeing the donkey and two horses in front of the carriage, Zhuang Maidong was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any further questions. Jiang Fufu just chatted about all sorts of things, completely ignoring the question she wanted to know most: Who in the Qin family was this Miss Qiao related to?
"To be honest, I've dated a few people when I was free, but nothing ever came of it... It's not that they didn't like me or that I liked them, it's more that I actually liked them!" As they chatted, Jiang Fufu shifted the topic to herself: "That's terrifying!"
"So?" Bei Qiao raised his eyebrows while sitting by the window: So what if he likes her?
"My preferences aren't fixed, but they surprisingly match all of them so perfectly and consistently. This is a scam!" Jiang Fufu slammed the car window. "Besides, I used to be addicted to storybooks, and several characters I liked ended up inexplicably turning into manipulative perverts. If this were a storybook, it would be fine, but if it were real, it would kill me!"
Bei Qiao: “Uh… um.” Although the character setting of the storybook should be the writer’s fault, just based on the previous sentence, the possibility is quite high.
"Stop talking and drink the medicine quickly." Zhuang Maidong took a bowl of medicine from the maid and handed it to Jiang Fufu.
"No way, just because you drank medicine today, I have to drink a bowl too?" Jiang Fufu frowned and took a sip: "Thank goodness it's not bitter. What kind of medicine is this?"
"It's for nourishing the body."
"Huh? Why should I replenish my body? I'm in great shape, okay?" Jiang Fufu patted her chest and almost spit out the Chinese medicine she had just swallowed: "Ugh... Ugh!"
“Ask yourself, haven’t you noticed that your hair isn’t as black as before? Be more restrained when reading storybooks. Don’t stay up late, and especially don’t stay up late reading storybooks that are too intense. It’s not good for your kidneys.” Zhuang Maidong took out the candied fruit and put it on the table: “If you keep staying up late, you’ll turn into a dandelion.” He was losing too much hair.
Jiang Fufu pursed her lips and drank the medicine obediently: "Is it that serious? Will I be fine after drinking this bowl?"
"uncertain."
"Okay..." Jiang Fufu finished the whole bowl of medicine with a bitter face: I will definitely not stay up late to read storybooks tonight!
After drinking the medicine soup, which tasted not too bad, Jiang Fufu lay on the table with the candied fruit in her mouth, half wilted. "Why hasn't it arrived yet? I'm starving."
"Xiaoyue City won't arrive until the afternoon. Do you want to just grab something to eat, or wait for them to cook?"
"Then let's eat. I can hold back a little longer." Jiang Fufu sighed and looked at Bei Qiao outside the window who was eager to invite her to have a big meal together. But after thinking for a long time, she swallowed her words back: It seems that they are not that familiar with each other yet, so forget it.
Jiang Fufu settled down, waiting for the others to finish cooking and bring her the meal. Bei Qiao lowered the curtains, closed her eyes slightly, and logged off to eat. She'd originally planned to make a simple egg fried rice to fool around, but Qiao Lin had programmed the housekeeping robot to forbid it from making any unnecessary meals. In the end, she settled for the surprise lunch the robot had prepared for her. It wasn't fancy, but nutritious enough, though a little bland.
After lunch, Bei Qiao logged on, propping up his head to sleep, while opening a forum and searching for information to pass the time. Jiang Fufu, who had finished her main meal, enthusiastically invited Bei Qiao for a snack. After being rejected, she didn't care and happily ate the snack box by herself.
The convoy followed Bei Qiao all the way, finally arriving at their next destination, Xiaoyue City, at night. Xiaoyue City was originally called Xiaoyue City, but as for why it was now called Xiaoyue City... that's because of the dilapidated gate plaque, some people who took advantage of the situation and slacked off, and others who were abducted.
After the convoy entered Xiaoyue City, Zhuang Maidong's guards finally relaxed. However, at this moment, a mad horse suddenly jumped out from nowhere and rushed straight towards the convoy, aiming exactly at the carriage in which Zhuang Maidong was.
Jiang Fufu, who was leaning against the car window looking out, was startled and quickly pulled Zhuang Maidong out. The mad horse, its eyes red, neighed and rushed in front of the car, but was struck in the hoof by the captain of the guards' sword. It fell to the ground with a scream, blood spurting everywhere.
Working together, they pulled the carriage to the side of the road. The three mounts that were not splattered with blood said: Please call us the Three Heroes of the Qiao Family!
Bei Qiao, who came out specifically to pat the heads of his mounts one by one: If nothing unexpected happens, he is here for Zhuang Maidong again. Is the life of a miracle doctor so bloody?
Crazy Horse was killed in the street, which scared some people so much that they covered their faces and left, but there were also people with nothing to do who stood nearby from a distance, wanting to join in the fun. Some people saw that the horse was not breathing much longer, so they decided to wait and see if they could get something for free.
Zhuang Maidong returned to the carriage with a very bad complexion. He told the captain of the guard directly in the car that he refused to meet with anyone: There are so many people who come to my house to force me to treat them, but this is the first time I have encountered such a bloody scene. It is so unlucky!
Bei Qiao, anxious to find his place, said goodbye outside the car and drove off. At the same time, a man came running across the street, shouting, and fell to his knees in front of his horse, tears streaming down his face. "My horse! What happened to you? Who did this?"
"The blood has flowed so far, and you still ask what happened, tsk tsk tsk..." Jiang Fufu smacked her lips in the car: Whose acting is so slow, a bunch of nonsense.
Bei Qiao didn't read on and drove straight to the local official inn. This inn seemed to be a remodeled shop, and the interior layout was a bit awkward. After confirming that there were no other official inns, Bei Qiao decided to stay here for offline environment considerations.
Next to the official inn is a teahouse, which doesn't seem to be doing very good business, but the owner doesn't seem to care much. He is lazily lying on a recliner, with no interest in greeting passers-by. He looks like a rich man, just like a salted fish.
Beiqiao settled the carriage in the stable. The design of one donkey and two horses attracted a lot of people's attention. Some people thought Beiqiao was very rich, some people thought Beiqiao was too ostentatious, and some people even thought Beiqiao was vain. In order to pretend that he was a child of a wealthy family, he actually brought a donkey in and pretended that he was riding in a carriage with three horses.
The troika was the mount of the literati, and their immediate family members could only use it when the literati was also on board. Bei Qiao's current carriage wasn't illegal, but it was a bit tricky. If someone took it seriously, Bei Qiao might be able to get away with it, but it would inevitably cause trouble.
"The soldiers and constables didn't bother her! Tsk tsk! What luck! She must have gotten lucky!"
"Could it be that she has something going on with those people..."
"No! Look at her clothes! Rich people are not stupid. Why would they choose a soldier instead of a Jinshi... Oh, I don't mean to look down on you."
The real source that made the soldiers dare not make things difficult was the Qiao family's iconic mount Baibai: This is what is called hiding one's merits and fame.
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